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United States Semiquincentennial

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July 4th, 2026, will mark the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence – the Semiquincentennial. Happy 250th Birday America!

I remember the 200th anniversary – the Bicentannial – in 1976. We lived near Washington D. C., and we went to the Washington Monument to watch the fireworks.

There’s two organizations planning this year’s events for Americans to commemorate and celebrate. America 250 is a congressional commission established in 2016. Freedom 250 is a public-private organization created by Executive Order from President Trump.

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Former President Trump Second Assassination Attempt

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On Sunday, September 15, 2024, while Trump was playing a rather public round of golf at his Trump International Golf Club, Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was in the bushes near the 5th hole. When agents approached the hole to secure it, one agent saw the barrel of a gun (identified as an AK-47) sticking out of the bushes. The agent fired 4 – 6 shots at the suspect. Routh fled and a chase ensued. He was captured a short while later.

Routh was 400 – 500 yards away from former President Trump, so he was within range, but he did not have a clear shot, and he never fired a shot, so this would be more of an potential assassination attempt.

Some are blaming this on a staffing shortage at the Secret Service. They are down about 400 agents from what they are budgeted for, and they didn’t secure the entire course like they might have when Trump was president.

Former President Trump Shot

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The former president was shot at one of his campaign rallies, but instead of doing what anyone else who’s shot does, he defiantly pumped his fist in the air.

Law enforcement authorities have identified the man who made an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

The FBI said the shooter, who is dead, was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. A motive was not clear.

Source: NBC.com

Former President Trump Indicted for 2nd Time

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This time he has been indicted on 37 counts in the classified documents probe. This marks the first time a former president has faced federal charges.

Former president Donald Trump has been criminally charged in connection with the discovery that hundreds of classified documents were taken to his Mar-a-Lago home after he left the White House — and more than 100 remained there even after officials issued a subpoena demanding their return.

Source: Washington Post

The FBI searched Trump’s Florida resort last August and found the documents; many labeled classified, some labeled top secret. After that search, President Joe Biden’s former office was searched, and documents were found. Then former Vice President Mike Pence’s house was searched, and documents were found.

UPDATE 6/13/2023

Trump was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges in a court in Miami.

Trump arraignment on April 4, 2023

Former President Trump Indicted

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Former President, Donald Trump, has been indicted by a grand jury in New York on more than 30 counts of business fraud.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has been investigating the former president in connection with his alleged role in a hush money payment scheme and cover-up involving adult film star Stormy Daniels that dates to the 2016 presidential election.

Source: CNN

He lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, but late in 2022 he announced that he would run again in 2024.

One thing to note: he can still run, and win, even if he is convicted. There is no law to prevent a felon from winning the office of President. But, it is very unlikely they can convict him in 18 months. Another thing to note: the Office of Legal Counsel has said you can’t prosecute a sitting president, but they haven’t said what happens if a convict wins the election.

Some think he can (and will) use his mugshot as a campaign poster. Trump said it might help his numbers. He’ll spin this so that he is seen as a martyr; he has already done this at campaign rallies.

UPDATE 4/4/2023

He was arrested, booked and arraigned on April 4, on 34 felony counts of business fraud.

UPDATE 5/23/2023

The trial date has been set for the Stormy Daniels trial.

Donald Trump’s trial on criminal charges over hush money payments to the porn star Stormy Daniels will begin on 25 March 2024, amid the Republican presidential primary and less than than eight months before the general election the former president hopes to contest.

Source: Guardian

UPDATE 5/30/2024

Jury finds Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts at hush money trial

Source: Guilty on all counts, Donald Trump becomes first US president convicted of a crime | Reuters

U.S. Capitol Mobbed

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Police with guns drawn watch as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

At about 2:30 PM on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, unarmed protesters mobbed the U.S. Capital building as the Electoral College vote was being counted.

Pro-Trump protestors breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, violently clashing with law enforcement as lawmakers were gathered inside to formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in November’s presidential election.

Source: APnews.com

The fighting came shortly after Trump addressed thousands of his supporters, riling up the crowd with his baseless claims of election fraud.

UPDATE 1/9/2021

Trump riots: Democrats plan to introduce article of impeachment

Source: BBC

Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats plan to introduce an article of impeachment – the charge of “incitement of insurrection” – on Monday, January 11, 2021, just 9 days before Joe Biden’s inauguration.

President Tests Positive for COVID-19

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Just 32 days until the election, and 2 days after the first presidential debate of 2020, the President and the First Lady both test positive for COVID-19. The President tweeted the announcement late Thursday (10/1/2020) night.

Administration officials were surprise it hadn’t happened sooner.

CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reported that administration officials had expressed surprise for weeks that the virus hadn’t been detected among White House officials, given Mr. Trump’s own unenthusiastic embrace of measures recommended by senior health officials.

The president has often flouting his own administration’s guidelines on social distancing, mask-wearing and not gathering in large groups.

Source: CBS News

Stock markets around the world reacted negatively to the news; risk aversion set in.

Later in the morning, Biden and his wife, tested negative for the virus.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, tested negative for coronavirus on Friday morning, the Bidens’ doctor said, following President Donald Trump’s disclosure that he had tested positive just days after the first debate.

Source: CNN